Hindsight Markets Small-cap stocks on August 26, 2026
BRNX on August 26, 2026: why it ran
On August 26, 2026, BRNX opened up 16.0% from the previous close of 5.56 and reached 7.41 at 10:28 a.m. ET. The exchange did not halt it.
- Previous close
- 5.56
- Open, 9:30 a.m.
- 6.45
- Gap at the open
- up 16.0%
- Pre-market high
- 6.50 at 4:02 a.m.
- High, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- 7.41 at 10:28 a.m.
- Low, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- 5.79
- After-hours high, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
- 6.60 at 7:55 p.m.
- Last trade before 4:00 p.m.
- 6.20
- Volume
- 585,747
- Relative volume
- 1.7x
- Float
- 720,888 shares, from filings as of August 26, 2026
- Shares outstanding
- 720,888
- Halts
- none in the halt feed
Why it ran
News and SEC filings for BRNX published between the previous session's close and the first minute BRNX traded 20% above it, at 10:18 a.m. ET, newest first, from the same feeds the replay shows.
No news found before the move.
How it traded
Gap, run and fade. It gapped up 16.0% to 6.45 at the open, ran from the open to the high of 7.41 in 58 minutes, then gave back 126% of that move by 4:00 p.m., trading at 6.20.
| Time (ET) | What happened |
|---|---|
| 4:02 a.m. | Pre-market high, 6.50 |
| 9:30 a.m. | The open: 6.45, up 16.0% from the previous close |
| 10:18 a.m. | First trade 20% above the previous close of 5.56 |
| 10:28 a.m. | High of the day to the close, 7.41 |
| 3:59 p.m. | Last trade before the 4:00 p.m. close, 6.20, 16.3% below the high |
The shape is a fixed rule, not a judgement: gapped 10% or more at the open, ran 10% or more from the open to the high, and faded if it gave back 30% or more of that move by the close.
The day in numbers
- Volume, from the one-minute bars: 101,173 shares before the 9:30 a.m. open (17%), 54,359 in the first 30 minutes (9%), and 430,215 in the rest of the day to 8 p.m. (73%).
- Other days BRNX met the small-cap rule in our recaps: 5, the latest on August 27, 2026.
- The next session, August 27, 2026, it was down 38.9% from its previous close at the 4:00 p.m. close.
Halts
The exchange's halt feed shows no halts for BRNX that day.
On this date the LULD plan ran under Amendment 18, in force from February 24, 2020: no band doubling at the open, and the closing doubling only for Tier 1 stocks and Tier 2 stocks whose previous close was at or below three dollars. See LULD halts or work out a band with the LULD calculator.
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